he accidentally saw Lu Che’s that
Xu Xing did not believe in evil and drew another bow. As a result, every time the tassel was drawn, he hooked it into a cylindrical shape!
When Lu Che saw Xu Xing’s frantic look, he repeated the indescribable painting of the stick figure on the paper. As if addicted to the painting, he couldn’t help but ask quietly: “What are you doing?”
Xu Xing could not explain to Lu Che verbally. He drew three, four, five, six, seven or eight pictures in succession, and finally fell off the gel pen with anger and hugged his head in pain: “This especially is simply not normal! Have you noticed that every pattern is exactly the same!”
One stroke by one stroke is like copying and pasting, and each abstract stick figure grows into the same shape without deviation.
Only then did Xu Xing react, he was caught in the red line again——That sentence is intriguing enough. It is still out of place to draw this ghost.
Lu Che listened, and replied casually: “Ah.”
He shot a meaningful glance at the loose-leaf paper, tentatively considering with an appreciative face, and then he looked at Xu Xing and asked with a chuckle: “Monitor, you also made a special trip to practice this, are you asking for praise now?”
“……”
Xu Xing didn’t even have the strength to stare, and roared in his heart: Beg your sister’s praise! Only crazy practice this! The practitioner surely has an illness!
Xu Xing’s mind was dizzy with anger for a while, and temporarily lost his reason and thinking ability. When he calmed down, Xu Xing was in the mood to reflect on himself: Looking at him from Lu Che’s perspective, isn’t he just looking at a crazy?
Xu Xing said weakly: “I just want to draw a bow……”
Lu Che didn’t want to hurt his confidence, so he replied, “You don’t say, yet the drawing really looks like a bit.”
“……”
When Xu Xing heard that Lu Che could actually hear the three words* “bowknot”, he became even angrier now—— At a loss, he also started working to draw a nasty feeling stuff and cheating himself.
T/N: In Chinese, bowknot is three characters (蝴蝶结); take out the last character and (蝴蝶) becomes butterfly. Extra: last character–> (结) bear, roar!
He was so angry that he was completely relieved by the red line, the brain aching, the thoughts in chaos again, and he simply didn’t know how to avoid the open red line’s harmonious speech explanation with Lu Che.
Xu Xing squatted on the ground, staring at the red line hanging on the chair. In the chaotic mind, it’s rare to capture a clear thought, diligently calculating how likely it is to pounce on the bowknot now and forcibly pull it open.
The red line is slightly bright red throughout the whole process, not dazzling, but very strong……
After the moment Xu Xing summed and confronted it, in the end, he chose to give it up: He can now see the red line flashing and feels as if it is tempting him into a pit.
There is a reason to turn on the lights when fishing with fishermen. It is to use the phototaxis of marine fish to lay a powerful fish light-attracting circle.
Lu Che couldn’t understand Xu Xing’s every move, and saw him squatting down with a look of despair. Lu Che patted Fu Dai’s chair.
Xu Xing raised his head, glanced at Lu Che dully, and then sighed deeply. He lifelessly without emotion stood up with support of the school desk, tore off the loose-leaf paper with several weird graphics on that page and crumpled it up, and weakly said: “Lu Che, let’s assume that nothing happened today. Forget it. The well water will not be offended by the river*…”
T/N: *a common folk saying that is used to refer to each other’s own affairs and that these does not violate the other party’s affairs.
Lu Che hummed and said: “Monitor, your memory is so poor? How about I go back and send you the recording to your mailbox, help you wake up your memory?”
“……”
Xu Xing said in a good voice, “Delete the recording……”
T/N: it’s angry, but forcefully nice.
Lu Che also not roundabout, immediately said: “No way.”
Xu Xing was full of grievances rolling in his belly, nowhere to vent, and couldn’t bear it. He hysterically slapped the table with anger, and roared, “That is really not what I said!”
With a “bang”, the dull clapping of the table grabbed Lu Che’s attention. He stared at Xu Xing’s red right hand, so distressed that he wanted to rub it for him.
The strange silence lasted for a few seconds.
Before Lu Che spoke, he heard someone knock on the door panel at the back door, and said solemnly: “Is it Xu Xing? Be quiet, don’t interfere with the class next door.”
“……”
Xu Xing turned around awkwardly, and his anger disappeared instantly. His face automatically switched to a smiling expression, and he nodded sincerely to the chemistry teacher: “I’m sorry…… Teacher, we’ll go on from now.”
Waiting for the chemistry teacher to go back to class next door, Lu Che then can’t help but laugh and overstate, and said: “Monitor, your acting skills are awesome.”
Xu Xing gave him a blank look, not wanting to be entangled here any more, and went downstairs to prepare to assemble.
Five minutes before the get out of class end of the physical education class, they will gather to count the number of people. The team will disband when the bell rings after class.
Xu Xing dragged heavy steps back to the classroom.
After a while, as the class bell rang, the red lines in the class disappeared. This time, Xu Xing was only surprised that the time of the red line’s appearance was less than half an hour. Other than that, no more other ideas.
Xu Xing now doesn’t dare to think badly about the red lines Compared to the red line, Xu Xing was more worried about Lu Che taking out the recording in his hand to make a fuss.
Although the words he said were very strange, but that kind of thing to make a joke, whether it’s a joke or not, the gap between nature and the image of Xu Xing is large, and even before prudish bumbling kind of people, people after people mold doggy kinds and must not sense the face’s pretense——What’s worse is that he can’t even explain it himself.
The handler is Lu Che, and it’s pinched in his hands, and Xu Xing this time was being cautious.
No matter what Lu Che thinks of Xu Xing, He himself interprets the eight words “as far as nothing happens today” very thoroughly. Painstakingly burrow, diligently study, and attempt to lull oneself.
Afternoon.
Between the third class break, Xu Xing took out his phone to look up English words, just to see Xu Yin ten minutes ago sent him a message, said: “Send express deliver, and on the way this time help me buy a box of savory milk white chocolates. I bought online and it all tastes no-good.”
Xu Xing looked at Xu Kunkun’s chat box, but his eyes were fixed on the message Xu Yin sent him a day ago——
“That Lu Che…… How is it?”
Suddenly, Xu Xing’s brain hurt, and he vaguely felt that the situation was not good.
Before start of school, Xu Xing had just got the Yin-Yuan and in a moment received the red line, after two days of worrying and worrying alone, he panicked and chose to confess everything to Xu Yin.
Xu Xing suddenly remembered that day. After Xu Yin heard what he said, comforted him and asked him to go back and calm down. Twenty minutes later, Xu Yin pushed open the door of his room and asked as soon as he opened his mouth: “Lu Che…… 9s the school boy transferred to go to your class on that school semester?”
Xu Xing was only unhappy on hearing it. Looking back now, he was frightened.
Xu Xing thought carefully, feeling that his fingers were trembling. He pressed the nine-square grid on the phone screen and sent a message to Xu Yin in fear: “Elder Sister……Do you remember what I told you the day before school started?”
Xu Yin today had just ended the military training ahead of schedule, and the reply came back in time: “Mn, remember.”
Xu Xing’s temple suddenly became straight, and he anxiously said: “Could you please repeat to me what…… I told you at the time?”
Xu Yin strangely asked: “What do you mean?”
Xu Xing organized the language: “Just what I said to you at that time, you can briefly summarize……”
Anxiously waiting for Xu Yin’s reply, although the heart was somewhat prepared, he still felt that his eyes were dark——
“Come out the closet?”
“！！！”
Xu Xing wanted to cry without tears: “Come out a fart! Who did I go coming out the closet with!!”
Xu Yin replied again: “You come out with me……secretly love that someone.”
“Which someone!?”
“Lu Che…”
Xu Xing looked dazed: “What hell???”
That day——
Xu Xing suddenly saw a red line between his parents, and also a red line between a passerby and a couple, coupled with the indescribable in his left hand connected to the crotch, he was troubled for a long time, and finally couldn’t help knocking on Xu Yin’s door.
“Elder sister……”
Xu Xing usually addresses Xu Yin directly on first name, and only when she asks for it will he automatically switch to a sister.
Xu Yin nested in a hanging chair inside reading a book, head also not lifted, said: “What?”
Xu Xing first handled the room door area, for fear of being heard by the parents in the living room.
Xu Yin then tore her gaze from the book, raised her head and looked at Xu Xing, saw Xu Xing standing in front of her, hesitating to speak, still shillyshallied and prepared and said: “I have something to discuss with you……”
Xu Yin felt that her younger brother’s appearance was too abnormal, so she closed the book, sat cross-legged, and asked, “What’s wrong?”
Xu Xing obviously finished the draft in advance, but standing in front of Xu Yin, he squatted and said: “I don’t know what’s going on. Two days ago, I suddenly became very abnormal, able to see Lu Che (lovers) what’s on my body (red line)……”
Xu Yin was shocked by Xu Xing’s foul language, wanted to reprimand him, what is that, but again from Xu Xing’s shadowy inside, she realized the coming out younger brother’s difficult open teeth* little secret: Xu Xing is…… coming out to her?
T/N: Open teeth: refers to a hard time telling the truth.
Xu Xing also wanted to explain, it was the same as the red line that the ancient Yue Lao* tied and connected between lovers on TV, but was interrupted by Xu Yin: “You… wait a moment.”
T/N: Yue Lao; aka: Chai DaoHuang, the old man under the moon. Native of Songcheng in Songzhou. God of red happiness in Han folklore, in charge of marriage.
Xu Xing was uneasy, and when Xu Yin stopped him, he closed his mouth obediently.
Xu Yin dissected these words from Xu Xing, although somewhat hard to understand, but she did not dare to ask Xu Xing carefully, fearing touching his taut nerves.
Xu Yin reversed Xu Xing’s incoherent word order, then guessed: Xu Xing possibly was where he accidentally saw Lu Che’s that, in small lavatory, also either in the locker room of the swimming class. Both may not be the solution. The point is that after he saw it, he found that he became abnormal……
Xu Yin grabbed her eyebrows, remained silent for a while, swallowing back frequently when the words reached her mouth, for fear of accidentally hurting Xu Xing’s now extremely fragile and sensitive heart.
Xu Xing frowned and sighed, “Elder sister, I’m really abnormal like this, what should I do……”
Normal people who cannot see the red line are connected? Certainly he can see it, he must be abnormal!
Xu Yin looked at Xu Xing’s helplessness and felt distressed. She changed her words and asked: “Then…… the concerned person knows that you saw that…… what?”
Xu Xing shook his head: “I don’t know.”
He can see the red line among others, and it has not the slightest influence on the others ……
Xu Yin heaved a sigh of relief when she heard the words: “It’s best if you don’t know. This matter is to be kept secret from everyone for the time being. Don’t think too much about it, just…… let the flow take its course.”
In the end, Xu Yin couldn’t help but solemnly say: “This is not your problem, you are not sick, you know? This kind of thing is not something you can control yourself. Since it has happened……Don’t think about it, just calm down. Of course, it’s best if nothing happens. If you can’t…… let’s wait until the college entrance examination.”
Xu Xing blankly nodded his head, and returned to his room dazedly. Leaving Xu Yin alone in the room, she was also disturbed.
“Lu Che……”
Xu Yin happened to have heard of this transfer student.
When Lu Che transferred to school last semester, it also caused quite a stir among all the girls in the school——Everyone knew that a handsome transfer student was transferred to the seventh grade of high school.
He joined the school team as soon as he arrived, and quickly won the Municipal High School Basketball Championship trophy.
Xu Yin was once dragged by her classmates to watch Lu Che play basketball, and the classmates commented: Being under high burden pressure, appreciating the handsome younger brother is the best spiritual nourishment.
In addition, because some students in the class knew that Xu Yin’s younger brother was the monitor of the seventh grade of high school, there was also a girl who asked Xu Yin half-jokingly and half-seriously to ask her brother for Lu Che’s contact information.
Xu Yin has no interest in these things. Of course, she didn’t really ask Xu Xing, but she had an impression of Lu Che, remembering that he was a very handsome young man. It’s not unreasonable to be deeply loved by the elder sister’s peers.
However, Xu Yin did not expect to hear Lu Che’s name again after graduation, and Lu Che turned out to be the little brother’s hesitant, stubbornly unrequited love beau.
Xu Yin is in a complicated mood.
And Xu Xing didn’t expect it at all——He confessed to Xu Yin about the red line, and turned out to be a record of her own brother coming out, and as the person involved, it took so long to learn about it.
The red line really wants to take me to heaven. This now is some particular sickness!
Xu Xing was so angry that he wanted to hit the wall, and tremblingly tried to explain clearly to Xu Yin by sending a text message.
He was prepared to explain difficultly. Unexpectedly, this time he was able to express the red line unimpeded.
He banged on a sentence: “Crazy! I didn’t mention Lu Che at all that day, okay!!! More, I have not said his that or still what!!! I’m talking about I saw the red line of lovers, the red line of lovers!!! The kind of red thread that Yue Lao in ancient mythology connects to people!!”
Xu Xing was angry and desperate, couldn’t control his hand pressing the exclamation mark, wishing he could vent his grief and anger at this moment through the exclamation mark on the screen.
However, when Xu Xing finished typing and clicked to send, the network signal in the upper left corner was instantly cleared, the message sent out going for a long time, indicating that the sending failed.
Xu Xing was now not really surprised at this sudden situation.
At this moment, Lu Che took a water cup to the drinking fountain in front of the podium, filled it with warm water, and walked down the aisle.
Lu Che was about to walk past Xu Xing. Xu Xing stared at the text message that failed to send on the screen of the phone. Anxious in his heart, and as soon as he grabbed Lu Che’s wrist impulsively, his head was heated up.
“This……”
Lu Che stopped beside Xu Xing, allowing Xu Xing to hold his hand, the corners of his mouth already rising.
Xu Xing grabbed Lu Che, the original intention to let Lu Che see the explanation he was going to send to Xu Yin on the phone screen. As a result, as soon as Lu Che lowered his head, Xu Xing’s phone crashed instantly, the screen going black and shutting down on its own……
“……”
Lu Che shook his held wrist gently, and asked: “What?”
Xu Xing quickly shook off his hand like throwing a hot taro, shook his head dully, the drooping head shaking like a rattle.
Xu Xing’s heart was desperate to stop beating, and has completely given up struggling.
Lu Che gently smiled and rubbed the top of Xu Xing’s head, and said: “Little thoughts can truly be much.”
Xu Xing: “……”
Please go away, thank you.
After Xu Xing restarted the phone, he can only avoid all the problems about the red line, explaining to Xu Yin plainly: “Elder Sister, I don’t like Lu Che, and I am not gay, please believe me……”
Xu Yin replied: “I see, don’t think too much, study hard and enrich yourself.”
“……”
Xu Yin so lightly and mentioned casually the reply, clear that she just doesn’t believe Xu Xing’s words, consoling well, still perfunctory. Xu Xing seemed pale and feeble no matter how he explained it, but his demons were too heavy.
Xu Xin’s heart is too tired to express, that evening, he studied on his own. He went to the toilet and came back, and saw the head teacher standing at the back door to visit the hall.
When the head teacher met Xu Xing, he took the person out of the corridor and said with concern: “Monitor, I think you are in poor condition recently. Is there too much pressure in the senior year?”
Xu Xing shook his head, saying that he could still handle the task.
The head teacher patted him on the shoulder and said: “That’s good, remember to tell me if you have any troubles. Make an all out effort for the monthly exam.”
Xu Xing nodded, raising the feet to go back to the classroom, and still can’t help but turn around, saying earnestly to the class teacher: “Teacher, the time of the monthly exam, hope you can be a little less routine, and be more sincere.”
Head teacher: “???”
Xu Xing faintly sighed.
Second hand embarrassment still hitting heights……I wonder what red line the head teacher is following. Poor guy, forced to see everyone’s dirty secrets now.
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